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i nu STATES PATENTOF Specification of Letters Patent `1\To. 26,287, dated `1\Ti:gven`1be1i i To all whom it may concern:

i Beit known that I, FRANcIsA. PARMELEE, of the city and county of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented la new and useful ImprovementJ` in Twine-Spools, as a new article of manufacture; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the` construction, character, and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which makes part of this specification, which drawing is a perspective `view of the whole apparatus, showing the double spool and ball of twine on the spindle, so that it will wind onto the spool.

My improvement consists in so constructing the apparatus that, by the use `of the double spool and the spindle, I am able, by the act of drawing off the twine,` (in using it,) from one part of the spool, to fill the other part by winding the twine from a ball i on the spindle, so that when the twine is exhausted from one part of the spool, (by using it,) the other part will be filled ready for use. t t

I make the box, A, A, of wood,`or` any `other material, having a suitableV top containing a glass B, hinged to it (when desired,) and two holes in the end through which I draw the twine, as shown at a, a, substantially as represented in the drawin I make the spool double, as shownat C, C, by turning it from a solid block, or by makin it in four pieces and securing the C, C, I then wind on a balllof twine, as suitable means or I cast it, ofany suitable metal, inone piece, and finish it in any convenient way, with proper journals on the ends of the arbor, as shown in dots, at b, to rest in suitable bearings, as indicated in dots at F. t t

Imake the spindle, D, of cast steel, or any other` suitable material, and if thought best, I secure a disk, as E, on its center, (and, I may also, slip on a disk, as 1,after the ball,) to steady the ball, while the twine is being transferred to the spool, as indicated in the drawing.

the whole ofthe ball,fI-I,1will beffwOllIlllQ `nto Having `made the `several parts, as above described,andirepresented in the drawings, I place the spoel inthe box,;withlthejournal ofvthe shaft, or arbor, `restingin` the bear ings, as indicatedby` the `dots,iat IE, gandylg, when the spoollwill` appear as representedat C, C, C. `Ithenwindonfaballoftwine, las at G, and pass theendof itfout,thrtnigh` hole for use,;fas at o fil placeuyafballw twine, (as shown` at ILL)` onlthe spindleQfD, and `insert one `of thel pivots of` this, spindle into a ,proper bearings` ingla etal" screwedponto the ginsidebftthe `minas cated in dots at c, and theothen1 pivotyintol spring bearing, `as shown atid.` Thissprii is secured to the inside 1of theloorr` asshown t at e, andit not only renders it convenient tot, take out the spindle, I)`,`tofput `on another Y ball of twine, but alsofcauses a]friction,f(in the longitudinal direction,) onthe pivots `of the spindle, which` canlbe" adjusted "soiasto produce the desired degreelof tensiononthe twine to cause it` to wind smoothly on, the@ I spool as it comes from.` the r ball Ton the spindle. To use the spool, QI Stake hold of the twine at'g, and draw it off `for use, needed;and as by drawing pff the twine "tl spool will be revolved, the directi "nd cated by the dart, itwwill lwindth `i from the ball, H, onto the,spool,jat1,so;th when the twineis all used from theparaG,

the part, I, t of the spool@ "Ithenivplace another ball ofxtwine on` thespindleylas lat 1),) and `attach the endofdts `twinetoffthe part, G, of the spool,` andusel that `,onthey` part, I, of the spoolfand* so,on`,alwaysha ing a spool of twine ready wound for use.` 1 i What I claim asmy invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, i`s+` u The combination of the double spool, le( C, 0,) with` the `spindle,(I),)whenqgth whole is constructed, substantially, as herein described. i ,t i 1 Witnessesz` i i S. THoMPsomi f R. FrrzGERALD.` 

